Worship Series
From Every Tribe

Sermon Title
From Every Tribe

Sermon Message

All Saints Sunday can be a glorious celebration of the body of Christ in your local context. There is no church like yours, no collection of gifts and graces, no accumulation of wisdom and experience, no place of joy and sorrow exactly like your congregation. This is a time to celebrate who you are in Christ.

Certainly, a major part of the worship experience is the remembrance of those who died in the past year. Some way of naming is important. Pictures, if they are available, can be displayed. Stories can be told, and families and legacies honored. There can also be an opportunity for remembering those who may have been gone longer than a year as a way of giving thanks for their contributions to the church that you are continually becoming. In so doing, you are not only recognizing and celebrating the church that was, but you are also acknowledging and giving thanks for the church you are and are becoming.

You can, on this All Saints Sunday, say thank you to the saints sitting in the pews, the ones teaching in the Sunday school or preparing the meals or snacks for after church. This is a wonderful day to thank those who have gone before and those